Parish Council Structure and Organisation
In line with many other Parish Councils, this Council has resolved to strive for Quality Status. Quality Status is an evidence based qualification / accreditation that requires a Council to prove that it carries out its affairs according to set rules and standards, provides proper information to (and consultation with) residents and employs an officer who has achieved an accredited qualification.
Acquiring this status should allow the Council to take on more responsibility and to obtain more funding to be used directly in Holmes Chapel for the benefit of its residents.
We have a 12 member Council supported by four Committees: Finance, Strategy, Amenities and Technical Services.
The functions of these various committees are described below.
Finance Committee
- Accounts
- Computer
- Risk Management
- Budget and financial control.
- Grant Sourcing
- Liaison with Full Council
- Liaison with relevant task group(s)
Strategy Committee
- General Management - Monitor and update management plan & progress/systems
- Office
- Planning applications
- Forward Planning - Policy documents.
- Regional Planning
- LDF
- Development, Control
- Major applications and appeals (liaison with Full Council)
- Quality
- Communications ‘umbrella’ between Council and other committees.
- External communications
- Liaison
- Liaison with relevant task group(s)
Amenities Committee
- Planning applications
- Liaison with relevant task group(s)
- Public Services
- Liaison with Strategy
- Schools
- Police/PCSO - Monitoring
- Fire
- Health Centre - periodic review of expansion plans
- Library
- Public transport
- Rail
- Buses
- Station
- Leisure & Recreation
- Leisure Centre
- Play Areas
- Cranage Playing Fields
- Dane Valley
- Youth Facilities
- Joint Use Facilities
Technical Committee
- Planning applications
- Liaison with relevant task group(s)
- Village Infrastructure
- Shops and businesses
- Churches
- Car Parking
- Pedestrianisation issues
- Public facilities - e.g. toilets
- Highways
- Road Safety;
- Street lighting;
- Improvements;
- Traffic problems;
- Complaints and repairs;
- Highway programmes;
- M6
- Street Cleaning
- Street Naming
- Street signage
- General Maintenance
- Village volunteers
- Christmas lights
- Annual planting and maintenance
- Grass cutting
- Litter and cleanliness
- Recycling